Zusatztext Fascinating. Angela Duckworth pulls together decades of psychological research! inspiring success stories from business and sports! and her own unique personal experience and distills it all into a set of practical strategies to make yourself and your children more motivated! more passionate! and more persistent at work and at school. Paul Tough! author of How Children Succeed Zusammenfassung In this instant New York Times bestseller! pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeedbe it parents! students! educators! athletes! or business peoplethat the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls grit. Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of genius! Duckworth! now a celebrated researcher and professor! describes her early eye-opening stints in teaching! business consulting! and neuroscience! which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not genius but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit ! she takes readers into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point! teachers working in some of the toughest schools! and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally! she shares what she's learned from interviewing dozens of high achieversfrom JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. Among Grit 's most valuable insights: *Why any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal *How grit can be learned! regardless of I.Q. or circumstances *How lifelong interest is triggered *How much of optimal practice is suffering and how much ecstasy *Which is better for your childa warm embrace or high standards *The magic of the Hard Thing Rule Winningly personal! insightful! and even life-changing! Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down! and how thatnot talent or luckmakes all the difference. Informationen zum Autor Angela Duckworth! PhD! is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has advised the White House! the World Bank! NBA and NFL teams! and Fortune 500 CEOs. She is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the Character Lab! a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the science and practice of character development. She completed her BA in neurobiology at Harvard! her MSc in neuroscience at Oxford! and her PhD in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is her first book and an instant New York Times bestseller. Klappentext In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed! pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents! educators! athletes! students! and business people-both seasoned and new-that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit.". ...

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Angela Duckworth, PhD, is a psychologist, a MacArthur Fellow, and the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Duckworth’s TED talk is among the most viewed of all time. Her first book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance was a #1 New York Times bestseller and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Her second book is called Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best.

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In this instant New York Times bestseller, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed—be it parents, students, educators, athletes, or business people—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.”

Drawing on her own powerful story as the daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Duckworth, now a celebrated researcher and professor, describes her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience, which led to the hypothesis that what really drives success is not “genius” but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance.

In Grit, she takes readers into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll.

Among Grit’s most valuable insights:

*Why any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal
*How grit can be learned, regardless of I.Q. or circumstances
*How lifelong interest is triggered
*How much of optimal practice is suffering and how much ecstasy
*Which is better for your child—a warm embrace or high standards
*The magic of the Hard Thing Rule

Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is an inspiring self-improvement book about overcoming obstacles and what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference.